As the disclaimer below points out, I make it a point to purchase the wines I rate here at my own expense at standard retail shops. From time to time, though, an unsolicited freebie comes in (generally low-end stuff), and rather than pour it out, I'll generally hang onto it until I have a handful and then subject them to critical tasting, disclosing in my report that I departed from my usual practice of buying my own. Such is the case for the three modestly priced bottles below. They were all palatable, but I can't say that any of them rose above the median.